The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relation-

ships serves as a benchmark of the current state of scholarship in this dynamic field, synthesizing the extant theoretical and empirical literature, trac-ing its historical roots, and making recommenda-tions for future directions. The volume addresses a broad range of established and emerging topics, including theoretical and methodological issues that influence the study of personal relationships; research and theory on relationship development; the nature and functions of personal relation-ships across the life span; individual differences and their influences on relationships; relationship processes such as cognition, emotion, and com-munication; relational qualities such as satisfac-tion and commitment; environmental influences on personal relationships; and maintenance and repair of relationships. The authors are experts from a variety of disciplines, including several subfields of psychology, communication, family studies, and sociology, who havemademajor con-tributions to the understanding of relationships. Anita L. Vangelisti is a professor in the Depart-ment of Communication Studies at the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin. Her work focuses on the associations between communication and emotion in the context of close, personal rela-tionships. She has published numerous arti-cles and chapters and has edited several books. Vangelisti has served on the editorial boards of over a dozen scholarly journals and has received recognition for her research from th